A fossilized dinosaur embryo discovered inside a fossilized egg in southern China is reshaping scientific understanding of avian evolution. Preserved for more than 70 million years and left unexamined ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Several thick-shelled dark green eggs hatched Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the midst of ...

An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between dinosaurs and birds. The 70-million-year-old fossil preserves the embryonic ...

Over the last 100 years, many fossilized dinosaur eggs and nests have been found, but finding one with a well-preserved embryo inside is exceedingly rare. Now, researchers reporting in the journal ...

New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs took a long time to hatch--between about three and six months. The study, led by scientists at ...

After last week brought us the story of Italian customs catching dozens of people trying to make off with more than 200 pounds of precious Sardinian sand, rocks, and sea shells, we thought things ...

A perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilized egg that was all-but-forgotten in a Chinese storage facility for 10 years. “It is one of the best-preserved dinosaur embryos ...

In one of the most well-preserved dinosaur embryos ever found, a baby dinosaur curled its back and tucked its head in a position that is similar to modern birds before they hatch, a discovery that ...

An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between dinosaurs and birds. The 70-million-year-old fossil preserves the embryonic ...